Regional Land Transport Programme consultation

Submissions welcome until 22 April

Under the Land Transport Management Act, government is asking councils to refine their Regional Land Transport Strategies, and to produce a Regional Land Transport Programme (RLTP).

While the Regional Land Transport Strategy has a ‘big picture’ 30-year view of meeting transport needs, the Programme takes a ten-year view, and narrows its focus even further to set priorities and assign budgets just three years out.

Purpose of the RLTP
The purpose of the programme is to:

• Identify key transport issues in the region and how to address them.
• List proposed transport activities for national funding to be undertaken between 2009 - 2012.
• Indicate regionally significant transport activities for 2012 - 2015.
• Make a ten-year forecast of anticipated revenue andexpenditure on transport activities.

Background
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) can only allocate funds to activities listed in a RLTP or to national activities. The RLTP is a programme of works where the NZTA and Nelson City Council bid for funding assistance from the National Land Transport Fund. The RLTP lists two categories of activities: those that need prioritising, and those that don’t.

Activities requiring prioritisation
All state highway maintenance, renewals, safety and capital projects, local road improvements estimated greater than $4.5M, improvements to public transport services and community activities.

Activities that do not require prioritisation
Local road maintenance and renewals, minor capital activities estimated less than $4.5m, road safety initiatives
and existing passenger transport activities. It’s important to note that Council doesn’t have to fund the projects in the RLTP on its own – there will be a mix of local and national funding.

Download
You can download a summary of the RLTP or the entire document.

Download the Summary of the Regional Land Transport Programme (PDF @ 1MB)

Download the Full Regional Land Transport Progarmme (PDF @ 690KB)

Have your say
The Regional Land Transport Programme is now open for consultation. Any person or group interested is invited to make submissions in writing. Several ways exist for you to have your say:

• Have your say online
• Download a submission form (PDF @ 100KB).
• Write a letter to Council with your comments. Email it or send it to

Regional Land Transport Programme
Nelson City Council
Freepost 76919
PO Box 645, Nelson 7040

be sure to include the topic (e.g. Regional Land Transport Programme), whether you wish to speak on your submission at the hearing, whether you are supporting or opposing the topic (either wholly or in part), the nature of your submission, your reasons, what decision you are seeking, and your contact details
All submissions, either via post or email, must be received no later than Wednesday 22 April 2009.

Any person who so requests will be provided with an opportunity to present their submission in person at a later date.

Contact
For more information, contact Transport Manager on +64 3 546 0263.